Calais Campbell donates $1.6M to create scholarship at Miami

Miami football has received another large gift from a former player, less than two months after receiving $1.5 million from former running back Ken Hunt in December.

Arizona Cardinals defensive end Calais Campbell has donated $1.6 million to the Hurricanes to create an endowed scholarship for defensive linemen in perpetuity, according to Josh Weinfuss of ESPN.

Campbell received an endowed scholarship as a student at Miami, and says he stays in contact with the donors. He graduated in 2008 with a degree in advertising and marketing.

"I know how rare these jobs are," said Campbell, on being an NFL player. "I want to make sure that every kid, especially at the University of Miami, understands the importance of having a good fall-back plan, something you would enjoy doing if the NFL doesn't work out for you.

"This is my way of showing it."

Miami will rename its defensive line room after Campbell, making him the sixth former Hurricane to have an area of the football offices named after him. Campbell will join former Hurricanes Clinton Portis (football wing), Ed Reed (football operations office), Edgerrin James (meeting room), Jon Vilma (players' lounge) and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (locker room) in having rooms or areas named after them.

"It's kind of come full circle," Campbell said. "For me, it's a representation of just how much the school means to me and to be able to be a part of it."